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French nobility. The French nobility ( French: la noblesse française) was an aristocratic social class in France from the Middle Ages until its abolition on 23 June 1790 during the French Revolution . From 1808 [1] to 1815 during the First Empire the Emperor Napoléon bestowed titles [2] that were recognized as a new nobility by the Charter of ...
Chalon family (2 C, 1 P) House of Châtillon (30 P) Clary family (4 P) Clermont-Tonnerre (2 C, 1 P) Colbert family (6 P) House of Coligny (14 P) Conradines (1 C, 20 P) Constant de Rebecque (6 P) House of Courcillon (3 P)
Peerage of France. The Peerage of France ( French: Pairie de France) was a hereditary distinction within the French nobility which appeared in 1180 during the Middle Ages . The prestigious title and position of Peer of France (French: Pair de France) was held by the greatest, highest-ranking members of the French nobility. [1]
Canada's oldest French-language university, Université Laval, was named after François de Montmorency-Laval, first bishop of New France and founder of the Quebec Seminary, from while Université Laval emerged. Anne de Montmorency, so named, it is said, after his godmother Anne of Brittany, was the first to attain the ducal title (1551).
List of French peerages. Heraldic depiction of a duke's coronet, with blue bonnet of a peer. Coronet and mantle of a duke and peer of France, shown here with the collars of the Ordres du roi. For an explanation of the French peerage, see the article Peerage of France. Note that peerages and titles were distinct, and the date given for the ...
Viscounts of Fézensaguet. Gerald V of Armagnac (1200-1219) Roger de Fézensaguet (1219-1245) Gerald VI, Count of Armagnac (1245-1285) Gaston d'Armagnac (1285-1320) The Count of Champagne had viscounts in his county (which was quite independent of France, but whose interests were generally the same in the 13th century).
French nobles by title. In this category belong only those articles that are about noble titles that were bestowed by: either the ruling king of France during the existence of the kingdom and pretenders afterwards (843-present), as fount of honour. either the ruling king of the French during the existence of the kingdom and pretenders ...
Joseph Ducreux. Joseph, Baron Ducreux (26 June 1735 – 24 July 1802) was a French noble, portrait painter, pastelist, miniaturist, and engraver, who was a successful portraitist at the court of Louis XVI of France, and resumed his career at the conclusion of the French Revolution. He was made a baron and premier peintre de la reine (First ...